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Overview

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Director:
Chris Fisher
Writers:
Chris Fisher (written by)
Gil Reavill (written by)
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Genre:
Crime | Drama | Thriller more
Tagline:
Violence Is A Language People Understand
Plot:
Two gangbangers-turned-cops try and cover up a scandal within the LAPD. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
Rare thoughtful action movie more (38 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Frank Alvarez ... Gangster #1

Clifton Collins Jr. ... Officer Armando Sancho

Brittany Daniel ... Tatiana

Keith David ... Captain Spain
Robert 'Lil Rob' Flores ... Gangster #4 (as Robert Flores)

Aimee Garcia ... Rita

Cesar Garcia ... Gangster #3

Nicholas Gonzalez ... Officer Rodriguez

Cuba Gooding Jr. ... Salim Adel

Kevin Grevioux ... Daddy
Wood Harris ... Brax

Cole Hauser ... Lieutenant
Wyclef Jean ... Baine

Pat Healy ... Ronnie

Tory Kittles ... Wallace
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence, pervasive language, some sexual content and drug use.
Runtime:
97 min
Country:
USA
Language:
Spanish | English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS
Certification:
Finland:K-15 (video rating) (2006) | Australia:MA | Argentina:16 | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #42125) | Singapore:M18 | Norway:15 | Iceland:16 | South Korea:18 | Netherlands:12 (TV version) | Netherlands:16
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2710 Inc. more

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Trivia:
The game that the drug-dealing white "jokers", that according to Baine doesn't fit the profile, is playing when Sancho and Adel busts through the door is Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) (VG), a game in which actor Clifton Collins Jr. (Sancho) does one of the main characters voices. more
Quotes:
Officer Salim Adel: I hate white people. more
Movie Connections:
Features Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) (VG) more
Soundtrack:
I'll Remember You more

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25 out of 46 people found the following comment useful.
Rare thoughtful action movie, 17 January 2006
10/10
Author: jcz-1 from United States

I saw this movie at the AFI Festival in Hollywood, and it struck me as an incredibly sophisticated work of film-making. Chris Fisher took what could be a tired genre -- the corrupt cop story -- and by focusing on the psychology of the characters, breathed new life into it. Cuba Gooding, Jr.'s portrayal of a cop who has lost his moorings is mesmerizing, funny, heartbreaking, very engaging. But it is Clifton Collins, Jr. who represents the moral center of this movie. An incredible performance, the best I've seen in years. A gang-banger stricken with an attack of conscience. Fisher sets up a brutal world and then finds a glint of light in it. I mean, it's easy to behave morally in a sheltered, safe, middle-class environment. But these cops -- the movie is based on the L.A. Rampart scandal -- must confront a violent, deadly, compromised landscape at every turn. What I most liked about Dirty is that it was an action movie that didn't require you to leave your brains at the door.

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